Past Speaker Presentations

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LIDAR & Private Woodlands Inventory

At our 2023 AGM, Ben Gwilliam, a Private Lands Inventory Analyst with the OWA, discussed the Private Lands Inventory Project which uses LIDAR technology. The mapping results should provide us with detailed information on our lands and forests to better assist with management.

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Here is a link to his slides. Click here.  

 

Forest Damage/ Causes & Management

On June 25, 2022, we heard from Nathalie Heyblom RPF, a Forest Advisor with Forests Ontario. She provided an overview of the health of Ontario's forests and some of the causes of damage, both natural (wind storms) and invasive species.

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Here is a link to her presentation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXjPyzrkgBQ 

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Beech Bark Disease Presentation

The guest speaker at our May 14, 2019 Forest Health meeting was Svetlana Zeran RPF, Planning Forester with the Bancroft Minden Forest Company. Her main presentation was on Beech Bark disease and its repercussions to our forests. She also had time to present the threat to Hemlock trees from the Woolly Adelgid. 

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The presentation slides can be accessed from the following document links:

• Beech Bark Disease

• Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

• Svetlana Zeran Biography